Ecuador experienced its first year of economic contraction in 17 years in 2016. During the first half year the country also suffered a devastating earthquake, which affected the main cities of the coastal ...

In 2016, beauty and personal care products registered a decreased in volume sales compared with the review period average. The economic slowdown together with the drop in consumer purchasing power and ...

Baby Toiletries products are the products that are especially formulated for infant and children under the age of five. Baby Toiletries products contain mild cleansing and less fragrance, so that it does ...

Latin America’s hair care market quickly bounced back in 2016, to record 4.3% value growth in current terms, following a weak 2015. Brazil’s water crisis and political and economic turmoil, dampened ...

In 2014, 2015 and 2016, fragrances was the category most negatively affected by the ICE tax, which increased added charges from 150% to 300%. In addition, the 45% tariff surcharge on imported products ...

Despite the economic decline in 2016, which negatively affected retail volume and value sales of a number of beauty and personal care categories, deodorants was one of the categories which maintained the ...

Oral care is driven by toothpaste and manual toothbrushes in Ecuador. In 2016, toothpaste unit prices increased only in line with inflation as players (unsuccessfully) attempted to maintain volume sales ...

Colour cosmetics recorded retail value growth of 1% in 2016, significantly lower than the 6% witnessed in 2015, when the category saw stronger unit price increases in line with the higher rate of inflation. ...

The negative trend in men’s grooming was driven by steep retail value and volume declines of men’s fragrances in 2016. With the exception of men’s fragrances, the majority of categories were relatively ...